Low frequency spectra of type III solar radio bursts

Details Low frequency spectra of type III solar radio bursts Low frequency spectra of type III solar radio bursts

Oct 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978soph...59..377w&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, vol. 59, Oct. 1978, p.377-385.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Solar Flux Density, Solar Spectra, Type 3 Bursts, Radio Astronomy, Solar Electrons, Spaceborne Astronomy

Scientific paper

Flux density spectra have been determined for 91 simple type III solar bursts observed by the Goddard Space Flight Center radio astronomy experiment on the IMP-6 spacecraft during 1971 and 1972. Spectral peaks were found to occur at frequencies ranging from 44 kHz up to 2500 kHz. Half of the bursts peaked between 250 kHz and 900 kHz, corresponding to emission at solar distances of about 0.3 to 0.1 AU. Maximum burst flux density sometimes exceeds 10 to the -14th W/sq m/Hz. The primary factor controlling the spectral peak frequency of these bursts appears to be a variation in intrinsic power radiated by the source as the exciter moves outward from the sun, rather than radio propagation effects between the source and IMP-6. Thus, a burst spectrum strongly reflects the evolution of the properties of the exciting electron beam, and according to current theory, beam deceleration could help account for the observations.

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